Marko Mäetamm was born in Viljandi, Estonia and lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia
Marko Maetamm is a multimedia artist whose practice is often concerned with his experience as a father and husband. The comedy/drama of domesticity is his theme. Although he draws from personal experience, the work is not autobiographical or documentary. His work is derived from quesrions such as ‘what if’?. From there he builds on situations that are absurd, humorous, macabre, surreal – and ultimately universal, since he provides us with an insightful analysis of family life/domesticity and the pressures from the outside world that place stress upon its all too fragile walls
Mäetamm studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts, and has exhibited extensively in Estonia and internationally. He was chosen to represent Estonia in the Venice Biennale in 2003 and 2007
His work has also been shown at the Dorsky Gallery in New York City; the Gallery of the Hungarian Institute in Tallinn, Estonia; Hobusepea Gallery in Tallinn, Estonia ; Nosbaum & Reding – Art Contemporain in Luxembourg ; Artists’ Studio in London, UK; Tallinn City Gallery in Tallinn, Estonia; Rotermann Salt Storage (Art Museum of Estonia) in Tallinn, Estonia – Memorial Show Tallinn City Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia; kArton Gallery in Budapest, Hungary ; and the Contemporary Art Centre in Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
